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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1891
Page
8
For North and South Carolina expect scattered showers and variable winds with no clear temperature change. Showers are forecast for Friday. Also noted is an index to new advertisements and references to Cleveland Springs and John F Crowell Trinity College.
The Board of Aldermen meets tonight. The spinning jenny will run soon at the same stand. Capt. Kirkland, shot at Hamlet, improves and expects to be discharged soon. Multiple local notices include court detentions, revivals, lost keys, and Norfolk excursion news. Governor Holt to move into the Executive Mansion in September.
A public meeting of the Progressive Benefit Order is set for 8:30 tonight at Centre Lodge No 3 Knights of Pythias Hall. Deputy Supreme President Chas R McKenzie of Boston and Deputy W Ballard of Durham will visit. Dr William McPheeters, who left Raleigh in 1841 for St Louis, is in town visiting his brother Maj A M McPheeters and recalling his West reputation. The Curon ICLE welcomes him back and hopes for a pleasant stay.
A large crowd attended the melon feast with lively music dancing and feasting. The switch back railway was busy as many rode it and festival managers are praised for the pleasure given to citizens. The Executive Committee met in the Governor's office and approved staff and a fundraising appeal for a $200 donation to support chapel sermons by visiting clergy from North Carolina.
A mule on Mr. Jos. Pearce's farm in New Light township Wake county was struck and killed instantly by lightning on Tuesday afternoon. The barn was splintered slightly. three horses in the stable were unharmed. The owner witnessed the strike from his house. the mule was valued at $150.
On August 26 a joint festival by Litchford Encampment I O O F No 26 and Ruth Ledge Daughters of Rebekah I O O F will be held at a yet undecided venue to be announced. Raleigh Odd Fellows promise a successful and entertaining event.
Yesterday morning three men charged with being drunk on the street paid five dollars each for the city. One man was fined five dollars for being drunk and disorderly. Another paid five dollars to cover the night before. A boy charged with discharging a bean shooter on the street was fined three dollars. A negro in a minor street fight paid costs after submitting.
An advertisement asserts Simmons Liver Regulator cures constipation headache and dyspepsia. It markets the product as a superior remedy without equal and emphasizes digestive and overall relief.
The Cross Bearers Circle of the King's Daughters hosts a lawn party tonight at Rev. Dr. Cordon's Edenton Street residence. Attendees are promised an enjoyable evening as the event proceeds. telegram from Will Wynne notes Willis plucky and will, will keep on. Madison druggist Randall Pope praises P P P Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potassium as the best blood medicine, with strong results.
A retailer announces a September 1 to 10 carpeting sale offering velvet and moquette at 1 per yard with the latest designs. An exhibit at No 206 Fayetteville street will preview the goods, alongside a wide woolen and cotton grain carpeting selection. D T SwinveELt signs the notice.
A lively ad page notes a fountain-cream milkshake stand driven by one man offering limes and a wide range of drinks plus cologne, knives, purses, cigars, tobacco, and pipes at Kine and McGer's. Also featuring dressed goods sale at 25 cents on the dollar, a new Thomas and Maxwell furniture store, and a white goods and embroidery sale at McGee and Moseley's advertised by S. F. Mordecai, Trustee.
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